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John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British, Portrait of Richard Arkwright, 1801
- Title:
- Portrait of Richard Arkwright
- Date:
- 1801
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 25 3/4 × 18 1/16 inches (65.4 × 45.9 cm), Image: 24 × 17 15/16 inches (61 × 45.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso upper right: "9538 | 1267 / NX"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "C.S.2 [only] | state"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "[3]14[23]"
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by JOSEPH WRIGHT, R.A. 1790."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J.R.SMITH, Mezzotinto Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, May 5, 1801."; lettered, lower center: "Sr Richard Arkwright"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1115
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41680
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Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, p. 21, fig. 14, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA) [YCBA]
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